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December 31, 2018

Thanks everyone for making this another great year for our Charity Live Stream! We tried a lot of new things this year and would love to hear any feedback you have! The full show recording and bonus segments are coming soon!

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It's time for Nintendo World Report's Charity Live Stream, where we talk about Nintendo for half a day while raising money for the kids.

Well, a bunch of them fly off this week, so there's that. But we're actually getting a bit of a new game reprieve this week, with just sixteen games for NA. Fitness Boxing is the big one, but we're also getting another in the Switch's burgeoning cat game genre.

The update, available shortly, will add four new characters from other indie games into the jogging showcase. Cowpokes from West of Loathing, CommanderVideo from the Bit.Trip Runner series, and Hue and Val from Runbow will all be taking to the intergalactic roads.

A case originally brought forward by the Norwegian Consumer Council has been brought to Nintendo of Europe's headquarters in Germany by the Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband (Federation of German Consumer Organizations). At issue is Nintendo's preloading policy, which states that all purchases are final with no ability to obtain a refund if the user changes their mind.

The fastest selling system in US history only had one and a half holiday seasons.

The Switch is continuing to smash records.

Nintendo have confirmed life-to-date sales for the Switch in the United States alone are at 8.7 million units through November. This is the fastest sales for any console released in the last six years, with December sales still to come.

No longer will you dread the Challenger Approa... you probably unlocked everyone already, didn't you?

A new update for Super Smash Bros Ultimate aims to address a couple of complaints regarding the game.

Patch notes for the update 1.2.0 are now available, with the chief changes being to the difficulty of unlocking characters, an increase to the likelihood of online matches with preferred rules, and Battle Arena stability.

December 10, 2018

I'm surprised the list is as big as it is this week. I mean, Smash is out.

There's still some big stuff, too. We've got Guacamelee 2 from Drinkbox today, Kingdom: Two Crowns tomorrow, then Gris from Devolver and Battle Princess Madelyn on Thursday. Basically, they're betting on a huge increase in Switch sales because of Smash, and they're probably not wrong.

December 8, 2018

Following the spate of announcements Thursday night, Kinda Funny Games held a game showcase today that averaged more than an announcement a minute for more than an hour of video, with 27 Switch announcements.

December 6, 2018

The first DLC character for Super Smash Bros Ultimate has been revealed.

"Joker", the protagonist of Persona 5 who is also playable in the recently released (in Japan) Persona Q2, will be the first character in the Fighter's Pass. No date was given for the launch of the character.

The voice of Joker in North America, Xander Mobus, is also the voice of the Super Smash Bros announcer.

The heavily rumored Mortal Kombat XI will be hitting Switch next year.

Netherrealm have announced the follow-up to their long-running fighting franchise will release worldwide on April 23 for all platforms, including Switch. Further details will be announced at a community reveal event in January.

Stranger Things will be coming to the Switch after all, even following the implosion of Telltale Games.

BonusXP, who have previously developed licensed Stranger Things games for mobile, have announced a new Stranger Things game that will follow from the events of Season 3. A 16-bit styled isometric adventure, the game will release on Switch.